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More than 100 coyote carcasses dumped on public lands in southern Alberta

File photo of a coyote. Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press

CALGARY – Alberta Fish and Wildlife has received a complaint that 150 coyote carcasses were dumped on public lands surrounding a reservoir in southern Alberta.

Spokesman Brenden Cox says the complaint came from a member of the public who made the discovery on March 2nd at the Milk River

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Ridge reservoir, about 44 kilometres southeast of Lethbridge.

Cox says it’s legal to hunt coyotes year-round without a licence as long as it’s not done on unoccupied forested public lands where hunting coyotes is only permitted during the hunting season.

He says the animals found in the reservoir were likely hunted and trapped legally.

Cox says there are concerns about the improper disposal of waste on public land, which is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act and carries a 250-dollar fine.

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